Etymology

This species is named after the type locality, Lewis Pass, Buller.

Park, J.-S.; Carlton, C. E. 2014: A Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae). The Coleopterists Society Monograph 68(mo4): 1-156.

typification

Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Buller: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “NEW ZEALAND: BR: Lewis, Pass Nat. Res., 11.9km ese Springs Junction, 540m, 17 XII 84-21 I 85, Nothofagus spp. forest, A. Newton/M. Thayer 715, window trap”, “HOLOTYPE Sagola lewisensis Park and Carlton 2013”. Paratypes (2 males). NEW ZEALAND: Buller: 1♂(slide-mounted; NZAC), same data as holotype; Nelson: 1♂ (FMNH), Kahurangi NP, Cobb Ridge, above Cobb Reservoir, 1050m, 41″06.351′S, 172″41.658′E, 29 XI–18 XII 2005, Nothofagus menziesii & N. solandri cliffortioides forest, FMHD#2005-051, FIT, A. Newton, M. Thayer, A. Solodovnikov, ANMT site 1159.

Park, J.-S.; Carlton, C. E. 2014: A Revision of the New Zealand Species of the Genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae). The Coleopterists Society Monograph 68(mo4): 1-156.